Abbot, John, 113
adultery. See sexual offences: adultery
advowsons, 41, 66–7, 95–6, 260
Alcester, Warwickshire, 247, 260, 262, 268, 274
Alcock, Lewis, 160
Alderminster, Warwickshire, 259, 270
alehouses, 9, 38, 128, 141, 143–7, 153, 165, 250, 253, 266
Anabaptists. See Baptists
High Church, 134
traditionalist, 138, 168, 193–217, 238, 253
Anne of Denmark, Queen, 116
Antichrist, the, 162, 213, 227
anticlericalism, 143, 164, 245
antipuritanism, 13, 219, 250–1, 253
Aquinas, Thomas, 174
archbishops, 1, 15, 73, 80, 93, 115, 196, 253
Ardingly, Sussex, 113, 128, 132
parliamentarian, 78, 124, 127–8, 151, 222, 226
royalist, 7, 124, 127–8, 151, 224, 235
army officers, 9–10, 24, 26, 36, 52, 63, 128, 130, 142, 145, 152, 154, 160, 167–8, 197, 218, 233, 253
parliamentarian, 251, 261, 263–4, 270–1
Array, Commissioners of, 222
Arrow, Warwickshire, 255
artisans, 12, 114, 118, 132, 147, 156, 161, 163, 253, 268
Arundel, Sussex, 23, 117, 127–8
Ashburnham family, 124
augmentations, 11, 15, 26, 41, 46–7, 49, 56–7, 60–1, 63, 69, 76, 78, 91, 259
Aylesbury, Thomas, 274
A Treatise of the Confession of Sinne, 245
Bacon, Francis, of Astley, Warwickshire, 255
baptism, 7, 23, 28–9, 32–3, 123, 155, 167, 181, 230, 239, 262, 267
Baptists, 1, 5, 9–10, 12, 15, 77, 79, 118, 138, 210, 239–40, 260, 262
Baxter, Richard, 5, 14–15, 37, 74, 76, 79, 219
Baxterley, Warwickshire, 251–2, 262
Becket, William, 81
bells, church, 7, 146, 159, 200, 207
Benn, William, 106
Berry, James, Major-General, 142, 233
Bible, the, 53, 77, 103, 123–4, 146, 148, 150, 167, 174, 202–4, 212, 220, 228–9, 232, 238, 241, 261, 268
Birmingham, 246–7, 264, 268, 270, 274
births, registration of, 32–3, 148, 159
bishops, 1, 27, 35–7, 44, 46, 80, 116, 122, 127, 217, 230, 233, 235, 237–8, 258, 265
Blackburn, Lancashire, 45, 57, 58, 61
Blackmore Vale, Dorset, 88–94, 97–104, 106–9
Blandford Forum, Dorset, 94–5, 108
blasphemy, 12, 150, 153, 164, 166, 169, 172, 178, 187, 266
Blaxton family, 116
Bodleian Library. See University of Oxford
Bradford Peverell, Dorset, 88, 108
Breconshire, Wales, 224, 231–2
Bridgeman, John, bishop of Chester, 46
Brinklow, Warwickshire, 253, 262, 274
Bristol, 7, 43, 53, 60, 62–3, 101, 159, 195–7, 199, 202–3, 205, 207, 212, 215, 253
Brownrigg, Ralph, Bishop of Exeter, 80
Buckhorn Weston, Dorset, 99–100
Buckinghamshire, 34–5, 48, 74, 116, 129, 152, 199
Bulkeley, Lord, of Baron Hill, 237
Bull, George, Bishop of St David’s, 1
Burdett, Sir Francis, 252
Burgess, Anthony, 247
burial practices, 8, 28, 32–3, 123, 127, 167, 179, 200, 239, 241, 267, 270
Burntisland, Fife, 176, 178, 185
Burton Bradstock, Dorset, 90, 92, 101
Burton Dassett, Warwickshire, 247, 263, 268
Calamy, Edmund, 29, 78, 82, 111–12
Calvinism, 171–2, 176, 189, 192, 251
Carmarthenshire, 232
Carter, John, 13
catechizing, 5, 28, 32–3, 53, 164, 185, 233
cathedrals, 4, 10, 12, 19, 21, 34, 37, 41, 43, 46, 52, 62, 123, 127–8, 132, 168, 195, 211–13, 238
Catholicism, 7, 14–15, 20, 26, 29, 38, 58, 68, 70, 114, 129, 134, 143, 152, 161, 165, 166–7, 169, 197, 220, 227, 234–6, 238, 240, 246, 250, 251–3, 260–1, 266–7
censorship, 20
ceremonialism, 107, 123, 169, 197, 212
chancels. See church buildings: chancels
chancery. See law courts
Channel Islands, the, 115
chapels, 43, 45, 52, 56–8, 60–1, 90–2, 101, 104, 133, 145, 160–1, 164
chaplains, 2, 7, 56, 64, 67, 73, 82, 116–17, 124, 127, 224, 230, 235, 237, 250
charity, 31, 116, 122–4, 128, 210, 230, 233–4, 253
Charles I, King, 150, 254, 258, 262, 265
Charles II, King, 258
Cheshire, 22, 45, 48–9, 67, 139, 140–1, 144–8, 152–3, 155, 157–61, 164–5, 167–8, 199, 221, 236
Chester, 46, 127, 146–7, 159, 223
Chichester, xii, 22–4, 26, 34, 111–12, 114, 116, 117, 120, 127, 132
children, 5, 7, 29, 32, 95, 112, 118, 124, 128, 146, 150–1, 157, 167, 173, 176, 181, 185, 222, 230, 251, 253, 260, 271
church and state, 9, 36, 65, 137–71
church attendance, 28, 91, 143, 148–9, 153, 157–8, 165, 181, 184, 188, 209, 231, 262–3, 270
altars, 35, 196, 211–12, 214, 224, 235, 271
fonts, 230
keys, 5
pulpits, 8, 10, 35, 58, 163, 184
repairs, 58, 143, 156, 158, 161, 169, 230, 259, 262
seating, 143, 160–4, 169, 181, 200
church calendar, the, 91, 168, 204–7
Christmas, 9, 11, 13, 32, 162, 168, 195, 204–10, 214–15, 230, 231
Easter, 9, 35, 100, 139, 145–6, 159, 168, 195, 204–10, 215
Good Friday, 100
harvest festivals, 32
Whitsun, 168, 195, 204, 206–8, 215
church courts. See ecclesiastical courts
church discipline, 171, 175, 239
church festivals, 195, 197, 204–10, 215, 231, 264
church lands, 21, 26, 34, 37, 41, 46, 62, 137
church libraries, 203
Church of England, the, 19–21, 27, 29, 34, 36–9, 95, 111, 113, 116, 123–4, 129, 137–8, 217, 229–30, 233, 236, 247, 255
the Supreme Governor of, 38, 139
General Assembly, 178
church officers, 30, 52, 141, 146
elections, 132, 146, 156, 159, 161
church records, 19, 21, 24, 26–7
church revels, 168
church services, 91, 157, 161, 164, 184, 245
misbehaviour during, 143–5, 161–5, 181
church surveys, 1, 3, 21, 34, 41–64, 87, 90, 92, 96, 98, 100
Church, the Cromwellian, 21, 138
Church, the national, 6, 83, 138
closure of, 44
churching after childbirth, 8
churchwardens, 1, 10, 19, 25–6, 30, 32, 34, 36, 91, 96–7, 107, 138, 143, 145–6, 151, 157–9, 161, 163, 196, 198–204, 206–10, 212–15, 254, 259, 262–3, 267–8, 270
accounts, 1, 25–6, 32, 34–5, 138, 193–217
churchyards, 108, 145, 151, 160–2, 269
Civil Wars, the, 2–4, 7, 10–12, 14, 19–20, 24, 27–8, 32, 34–6, 45, 51, 58, 62, 68, 72, 76, 80, 87–8, 106–7, 111–12, 114, 116, 122–3, 127–8, 133, 138, 140, 143, 151, 157–60, 169, 179, 190, 197, 202, 210, 213, 215, 217–18, 220–2, 224–5, 228, 235, 237, 246–7, 251, 258–9, 263, 265–6, 267, 269–71
Clarke, Walwyn, 255, 258, 264–5, 269
Claverdon, Warwickshire, 255, 264, 270
clergy, 2, 111–26, 144, 190, 196, 210, 233, 235, 245–74
accusations against, 128, 255, 263–6
artisan, 253
books, 53, 95, 98, 116, 120, 122–3, 233, 252
debt and debts owed to, 95–7, 116, 122–3, 233, 266, 270
defamation of, 270
delinquency, 224
education, 29, 77, 97, 117, 120
ejections, 2–4, 27–9, 35, 37, 54, 68, 72–3, 87, 103–7, 109, 112–14, 117, 125, 133, 152, 156, 167, 197, 205–6, 215, 224, 227, 230–3, 236–8, 246–7, 250–2, 254, 264, 267–9, 270, 274
families, 115–18, 124, 128, 143, 158, 163, 165, 167, 230, 233, 251, 262, 271
fifths, 114, 209, 230, 252, 261, 264
financial losses, 271
imprisonment, 112, 124, 222, 234
in garrisons, 224
income, 3, 41, 54–6, 62, 87, 94, 156–7, 160, 231, 233, 259–60
influence of, 145, 149, 155, 157
insufficiency, 53, 118, 250, 268, 271
interviewing and interrogation of, 28, 68, 73, 75–7, 81, 251, 261, 264
intruding, 4, 105–6, 127, 130–1, 145, 158, 161, 212, 230, 254, 255, 259, 261, 263, 265–7
legal cases, 141, 251, 260, 262–3
loyalist, 158, 245, 247, 250, 255, 258, 260, 270
non-residency of, 30, 97, 129–30
ordination, 4, 27, 79–80, 82, 107, 129, 133, 236, 238, 258, 267
papers and writings, 123, 219–20, 227, 234, 236, 252, 271
parliamentarian, 247, 263, 265–6, 270–1
pluralism, 4, 11, 56, 91, 95, 129, 132
poor, 97–8, 124–5, 217, 222, 230, 234
puritan, 247, 251, 253, 257–60, 262–7
quality of, 29
restoration to livings, 73, 102–5, 113, 118, 261–4
royalist, 46, 52, 54, 68, 72, 74, 83, 213, 218, 225, 247, 250, 252, 254, 255, 262, 265, 267–9, 271
scandalous, 21, 27, 53, 128–9, 197–8, 225, 247, 250, 253–4, 263, 266, 268, 271
Scottish, 178, 183, 185, 186–7, 189
sequestrations, 11, 46, 68, 72, 87, 96–7, 102–3, 105, 109, 112–13, 116, 123, 133, 160–1, 163, 165, 197, 211–12, 222, 224, 233, 250, 251–2, 254, 259, 261–4
sufferings, 112, 118–19, 129, 217, 230, 233, 235–6, 258, 269–71, 274
turnover, 27, 29, 113, 126, 131, 133–4, 247, 254
verbal abuse of/threats to, 143
violence, involvement in, 143, 234–5, 247, 250–1, 261, 266, 271
wives, 108, 116, 124, 157, 222, 258, 261, 264, 271
Clergy of the Church of England Database, the, 27, 111–13, 130, 133
Clerke, William, Rector of Brinklow, Warwickshire, 262
clothing, 45, 123–4, 128, 131, 147, 164
Colchester, Essex, 23, 49, 70, 167
Commissioners for the Approbation of Public Preachers. See Triers, the
committees, 41, 67, 114, 129–30, 233–4
Committee for Indemnity, the, 139
Committee for Plundered Ministers, 30, 46, 50, 53–4, 57, 60, 118, 128, 130, 132, 250, 258, 270
Committee for the Reformation of the Universities, 49
county, 27, 51, 102, 106, 107, 128, 251
parliamentary, 36, 46, 62, 128
Common Prayer, the Book of, 7–8, 20, 31–2, 41, 54, 106, 113, 123, 137, 143, 167, 195–8, 201–4, 206, 209–15, 245, 252–3, 258
Communion, 6–7, 12–13, 25, 28, 32, 35, 54, 159, 185, 195, 197, 200–1, 204–11, 213–15, 232, 253, 261, 263, 266–7
Congregationalism, 1–2, 7, 9, 12–13, 16, 20, 37, 65, 77–81, 115, 129, 138, 146, 254, 267
congregations, 38, 45, 144, 157
constables, 30, 52, 133, 143, 145–8, 151–4, 156, 158, 161, 169, 223, 259
conventicles, 117, 145, 166, 260, 262–3
conversion, experience of, 76–7
Coughton, Warwickshire, 253, 267–8
Council of State for Scotland, the, 178
Covenant. See oaths
Covenanters, Scottish, 177
Coventry, 14, 63, 115, 246–7, 250, 254, 258, 264, 271
Cromwell, Oliver, 1–2, 4, 9–10, 14–16, 21, 26, 63, 65–9, 70–83, 109, 154, 168, 177, 211, 218, 232, 254, 258–9, 261, 265
Croston, Lancashire, 45, 57, 61
Cruso, Aquila, 130
curates, 53–4, 56, 91, 116, 129, 233, 255, 266
cursing, 143, 146, 149, 151, 154, 164, 185
Cwtta Cyfarwydd, the, 226
debates, public. See disputations, public
demographics, 31, 33, 42, 44–5, 54–5, 57, 90, 180
Denbighshire, 221, 226, 234, 236
Derby, earls of, 160
Desborough, John, Major-General, 63
devil, the. See Satan
Devizes, Wiltshire, 25, 195, 200, 202–3, 207, 213–14
Devonshire, 22, 48, 78, 81, 95–6, 104, 117, 140, 144, 147–8, 152, 154–5, 161–6, 168
diaries, 5–6, 77, 219, 227, 249
Directory for Publique Worship, the, 6–8, 26, 31–3, 41, 197, 201–6, 208, 212, 261
disorder, 23, 26, 53, 144, 146, 161–5, 175, 179, 225, 227, 240, 253, 259, 267
in churches, 143
disputations, public, 5, 12, 237–41
dissent, religious. See non-conformity
doctrine, religious, 10, 15, 123, 141, 148, 172, 217, 230–1, 247, 250, 252, 258
Dorset, 7, 41, 45, 48, 50–9, 61, 64, 75–6, 87– 109, 116, 197, 199
downland, 87–90, 92–6, 98–100, 103, 107–9
drinking, 38, 108, 141, 177–8, 188–9, 250, 268
by the clergy. See clergy drinking
in churches, 141
on the Sabbath. See Sabbath-day observance,
soldiers, with, 186
drunkenness, 9, 11, 128, 144–7, 154, 162, 171, 175, 177, 181, 184–7, 250, 254, 263, 265–6
ecclesiastical courts, 9, 20, 26, 37, 120, 125, 128, 139, 157, 159, 173, 174, 179, 182, 184, 260, 262–3, 266–7, 271
Court of Arches, 270
ecclesiastical discipline, 177–8
ecclesiastical hierarchy, 2, 19, 25, 36, 46, 139, 213
ecclesiastical jurisdictions, 27
economic crises, 31
182, 189
Edsaw, John, 112
Edwards, Thomas, 14
Gangraena, 14
Ejectors, the, 15, 27, 36, 72, 129,
167, 198
elders, church, 171, 173, 183–7, 189–90, 192
anger, 246, 251–2, 261–2, 270–1
grief, 246
eastern, 72
north-eastern, 72
northern, 42
north-western, 72
episcopacy, 1, 3, 19, 34, 36, 38, 41, 73, 79, 197, 213, 218, 221, 235, 238, 266
abolition of, 30
episcopalianism, 16, 20, 36 81, 220
Erastianism, 139
Essex, 5–6, 23, 28, 42, 48, 70, 72–3, 77–8, 82, 124, 140, 143, 147, 167, 199, 221–2, 251, 255, 269
eucharist, the. See communion
Europe, 171
Evans, Edward, curate of Llanllwchaiarn, 233
Evans, Richard, vicar of Llanasa, 236
family conflict, 181
family history, 33
farming, 87–9, 92, 94–5, 98, 100–1, 109, 122,147, 233, 259
fines, 10, 14, 28, 146, 150–1, 153–4, 178
Flintshire, 147, 221, 223–4, 226, 236–7
Frampton, Robert, Bishop of Gloucester, 68
freehold property, 234
Frewen family, the, 115
Accepted, Bishop of York, 115
funerals. See burials
Gage family, the, 134
garrisons, parliamentarian, 58, 103, 106, 109, 127, 224, 247
garrisons, royalist, 127, 151, 224, 263
Garston, Lancashire, 58
Gatford, Lionel, 7
Gauden, John, Bishop of Worcestor, 233, 235
gentry, the, 34, 96, 106, 114, 124, 127, 134, 146–8, 154, 156, 158, 161, 164, 225, 246, 252–3, 264
puritan, 265
Gillingham, Dorset, 51, 64, 91, 102, 104
Glamorganshire, 233
Glasgow, 180
glebes, 35, 55, 57, 87, 103, 108–9, 260
income, 98
inventories, 93
terriers, 19, 26, 87, 92–4, 99, 101, 108
Gloucestershire, 41, 48–9, 51, 53–7, 59–63, 71, 81, 199, 234, 253
Glynde, Sussex, 128
Godly, the. See puritanism
Goodman, Godfrey, Bishop of Gloucester, 230, 234–5
Great Seal, the, 67–8, 70–1, 74
Griffith, Alexander, 228, 232, 238
Hacket, John, Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield, 1
Hampshire, 48, 120, 127, 131, 133, 140, 144–7, 160, 163, 166, 195–7, 199, 201–3, 205–6, 208–12, 214
harvests, 31
Harvey, Christopher, 258, 264–5
Hastings, 132
heathland, 88–90, 93–4, 97–100, 103–4, 107–9
Henchman, Humphrey, Bishop of Salisbury, 81
Henshaw, Joseph, Bishop of Peterborough, 122, 131
heresy, 123, 232, 239, 245, 268, 270–4
Hertfordshire, 29, 48, 150, 199, 270
holy days. See church festivals
258, 269
House of Commons. See parliament
House of Lords. See parliament
household religion, 7, 146, 177, 185
iconoclasm, 12, 34–5, 37, 197, 213
imprisonment, 112, 124, 222, 224, 234, 254, 260–1, 263
Independency. See Congregationalism
innovations, religious, 219
Instrument of Government, the, 67–8, 80
Jewel, John, 35
Josselin, Ralph, 5
juries, 41, 50–4, 56, 58–9, 161
justices of the peace, 8–9, 13–14, 23, 26, 31, 33, 36, 51–2, 130, 139, 142, 151–3, 159, 161, 169, 215, 252–3, 265–6
summary justice, 253
Juxon, William, Archbishop of Canterbury, 253
Keate, James, 96
Kenilworth, Warwickshire, 247, 255, 259, 268
Kent, 7, 21, 24, 28, 36, 38, 48, 65, 67, 120, 131, 133, 140, 147, 199, 210, 218, 227
Kidder, Richard, Bishop of Bath and Wells, 1, 8
Kidderminster, Worcestershire, 14
Kimcote, Leicestershire, 251, 267–8, 271
labourers, 147–8, 156–7, 231, 269
Eirenarcha (1579), 152
Lamplugh, Thomas, Archbishop of York, 1
Lancashire, 2, 22, 24, 28, 41–2, 44–5, 48–58, 61–3, 138, 140, 146, 157, 159, 164
landowners, 2
landscape. See topography
Lapworth, Warwickshire, 250, 255, 266
Laud, Archbishop William, 196
Laudianism, 34, 96, 114, 125, 129, 168, 196–7, 228, 247, 251, 267
law courts, 139
assize, 12, 140–1, 152–3, 155–8, 161, 163, 165–8, 196, 200, 221, 254
civil, 74
quarter sessions, 26, 51, 127, 130, 133, 140–9, 196–211, 221, 249
Leamington Hastings, Warwickshire, 247, 250, 252, 254–6, 267, 274
lecturers, 4, 11–12, 16, 267, 270
assizes, 10, 26, 36, 50–1, 61, 64, 91, 96, 118, 140, 143, 147, 155, 157–9, 161–2, 164–8, 209, 223, 266
legal reform, 139
legal system, the Scottish, 178
Leicester, 11–12, 14–15, 30, 36, 87, 111, 133, 153, 260
Leicestershire, 34, 247, 251, 266
Lever, Thomas, 247, 250, 254, 267
Lewes, Sussex, 34, 94, 112–14, 120, 124, 128, 133–4
Lewis, John, of Llanbadarn Fawr, 220, 231
Lister, William, 101
liturgy, the, 7, 128, 201, 217, 237, 241, 251–2, 268
livings, 4
division of, 36
farmers of, 160
impropriated, 55, 78, 99, 231, 259
poor, 15, 34, 36, 42, 44, 55–6, 59, 78, 103
rich, 4, 55, 77–9, 96, 130, 250, 258
sequestrated, 11, 70, 72, 78, 81, 118
urban, 34
vacant, 3, 11, 46, 55–6, 61, 73, 78, 80, 83, 230–2, 262
value of, 109
Llanforda, Shropshire, 238, 241
Lloyd, Dr David, 221–22, 234, 236
Lloyd, Hugh, vicar of Denbigh, 236
local authorities, 140
local history, 20, 24–5, 27, 31, 33, 35, 38
London, 2–4, 9, 46, 50, 62, 72, 115, 133, 205, 212, 224, 233, 247
churches, 46, 55, 57, 60–2, 71, 74–5, 81–2, 116
City of, 50
Love, Christopher, 3
magistrates. See justices of the peace
Major-Generals, the, 9–10, 24, 26, 36, 52, 63, 152, 168, 197
Manchester, Earl of, 67
market towns, 57, 60–1, 195, 199–200, 206, 213
Marlborough, Wiltshire, 51, 62, 195, 200, 203, 214
marriages (including irregular), 10, 54, 132, 134
courtship apects and rituals, 33, 116, 189, 191, 266
services, including prayer-book, 8, 32–3, 167
Mather, family members, 81
Maurice, Prince, 222
Maurices, of Llanbedr, 235
Maxwell, Robert, Bishop of Kilmore, Ireland, 80
memorials, 131
memory, 50, 168, 246, 260, 267, 269–74
merchants, 45
Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorganshire, 233
Middlesex, 7, 41, 48, 53–5, 57, 59–61, 116, 141, 155, 160, 199
Middleton family, 124
Midlothian, Scotland, 182
military. See army
Monks Kirby, Warwickshire, 262, 274
monstrosity, 106, 219, 226–7, 235, 245
Montague Brown family, 114
Moore, Giles, 124
moral reformation, the campaign for, 9, 26, 38, 139, 143–4, 215, 253–4
Morgan, Robert, Bishop of Bangor, 237
Morley, John, 158
Morris, William, 255
Morton, Dr Edward, 158
Mostyn family, of Flintshire, 237
Mostyn, William, 236
National Archives, the, 50
Neile, Richard, Archbishop of York, 36
Nicholson, William, Bishop of Goucester, 230, 232, 236
nobility, the Scottish, 178
non-attendance at church. See church attendance
non-conformity, 28–9, 38, 114, 134, 137, 165–6, 206, 259, 261–2, 268
non-residency. See clergy, non-residency
Norfolk, 7, 24, 31, 41–2, 44, 48, 55–6, 59, 61–3, 72, 78, 96, 199
North Waltham, Hampshire, 201, 203, 205, 208–9, 214
Northamptonshire, 10, 48, 78, 140, 165–6
Engagement, the, 3, 11, 13, 54
Oath of Uniformity, 1662, 105–7
Protestation, the royalist, 222, 250, 264
ordination. See clergy, ordination
Oxfordshire, 48
parishes, 37, 42, 44, 55–6, 42–3, 50, 55–9, 61, 91, 104, 143, 156–61, 212, 247
division of, 15, 41, 43, 45–6, 58–62, 64
neighbouring, 52, 54, 56, 59–61, 115–16, 134
poor and/or populous, 56–7, 60, 62, 99
registers, 1, 19, 21–4, 26, 29, 31, 33, 100–1, 113, 128, 131–2, 220, 226, 268, 270
Scottish, 179
secular functions of, 36
traditions, 36
uniting of, 11, 15, 26, 41, 43–4, 50, 58–63, 91
parishioners, 1–2, 5–6, 10–12, 14–15, 32, 38–9, 52–4, 56–7, 59–60, 64, 73– 4, 77–8, 81, 83, 90– 2, 99–101, 106–7, 109, 119, 128–34, 146, 155, 157–9, 163–5, 179, 192, 197, 200, 205, 209–12, 218, 223–4, 230, 232,–3, 236, 238, 250–1, 253–4, 258–64, 266, 267–8, 270
Parker, John, 150
parliament, 28, 30, 34, 146, 171, 234, 237
clerical representation in, 36
House of Commons, 62, 128, 160
Long, the, 41, 45, 60, 66, 70, 204, 221–2
members of, 12, 46, 49, 51, 77, 82, 96, 108, 139, 225
Rump, the, 2, 46, 50, 60, 62, 69
parliament, acts of, 44, 49–50, 63, 70, 131, 139, 149–50, 154–5, 157, 165, 169, 204
1649 Act for the Maintenance of Preaching Ministers, 47
1653 Marriage Act, the, 8, 22–3, 33, 132–3
1662 Act of Uniformity, 83, 260, 264, 267–9
parliament, ordinances of, 4, 19, 34–5, 62, 68, 139, 198, 201, 204, 212
1645 Self-Denying Ordinance, 223
1648 Blasphemy Ordinance, 12, 169
parliament, the Scottish, 177–8
parliamentarianism, 161
parochial reform, 41, 44–6, 60, 62
parochial structure, 42–5, 56, 60–1
parsonages, 35, 92, 108, 124, 234
ruined, 124
patronage, ecclesiastical, 2, 30, 43, 65–9, 71–2, 74, 95–6, 98, 109, 115, 230, 258, 261, 265
pensions, 98
Pepys, Samuel, 9
Perkins, William, of Salford Priors, Warwickshire, 253
persecution, 2, 14, 27, 72, 87, 103, 122, 127, 210, 218, 232, 237, 247
petitioning, 10, 30, 61, 63, 71, 73–6, 83, 118, 128, 140, 142, 144–5, 148, 154, 157–9, 167, 211, 221–4, 229, 233–4, 236, 254, 258, 261, 263, 267, 270
counter, 74
Pilkington, Thomas, 255, 264, 270
Pitt, John, 95
plate, silver, 97, 106, 116, 121–4
plundering, 97, 103, 107, 122,
269, 271
poaching, 148
political comment, 220
political disaffection, 3, 141, 153–4, 163, 165, 179, 181, 219–20, 225
Polwhele, Theophilus, 78
poor relief, 31, 141, 157–8, 165, 212, 259
poor, the, 29–31, 144, 146, 151, 160, 176
Pope, Sir Thomas, 263
population. See demographics
Powell, Thomas, 231
Lord’s Prayer, the, 8
royalist, 224
lay, 10
preaching, 9, 28, 37, 53, 91, 103, 119, 138, 145, 164, 213, 220–1, 231, 260
by soldiers, 146
disruption of, 161
prebendaries, 122, 127–8, 211, 238
Presbyterianism, 1–2, 4, 7, 12–13, 16, 20, 28, 36–7, 53, 73, 79– 82, 138, 152, 181, 197, 217, 225, 236, 258, 262, 268
classes, 1–2, 4, 13, 37, 53, 82, 129, 133, 258
printing, 222
royalist, 219
private sphere, 7, 9, 67, 70–1, 90, 132, 146, 167, 170, 184–5, 187, 205, 211, 220, 227, 260, 263
inventories, 125
Prerogative Court of Canterbury, 113, 120, 125
wills, 37, 95, 97–8, 113, 116, 119–20, 134, 270
profane, the, 9, 13, 143–9, 172, 177, 185, 253, 268
Protectorate, the, 24, 26, 65–9, 220
Protestantism, 172, 229, 237–8
providence, divine, 106, 150, 168, 177, 220, 226–30
public sphere, the, 174, 176, 187
pulpits. See church buildings: pulpits
corporal, 12, 149–51, 153–4, 177
summary, 140
puritanism, 1–2, 5, 6, 12–13, 39, 46, 65, 81, 83, 103, 106–7, 109, 113–14, 116, 118, 123, 125, 129, 137, 139, 143, 145, 151–2, 163, 170, 210, 214–15, 245, 247, 250, 258, 265–8
Anglesey Rising of 1648, the, 237
Booth’s, 233
recusancy. See Catholicism
reformation, ecclesiastical, 64, 137–8, 142
reformation, religious, 41, 195, 201
Reformation, the, 44, 175, 235
religious polarization, 134
religious publications, 20
John Calvin, Concerning Scandals, 171
spiritual guides, 233
tracts, 29
religious radicalism, 12, 253–5, 261–2
repentance, 181, 183–4, 187, 189, 191
Restoration, the, 9, 24, 29, 87, 103, 112–13, 118–19, 125, 128, 133, 147, 200, 203, 207, 210, 214, 254–69
rings (including mourning), 121, 123–4
riots, 13, 103, 161–2, 253, 265
rites of passage, 33
ritual year. See church festivals
Roberts, William, Bishop of Bangor, 225, 237
Rogers, William, 133
royal prerogative, 237
royalism, 2–3, 7, 13–14, 30–1, 34, 46, 52, 67–8, 71, 73, 80, 83, 88, 102, 108, 118–19, 124–5, 127–9, 131–2, 151, 154, 160–1, 164, 177, 193–217, 218–24, 226–8, 231, 233, 235–8, 241, 250–3, 255, 260–1, 263, 265–6
exile, 128
fines, 34
gentry, 225
intelligence, 262
malignancy, 53, 224, 250, 254, 262, 267
networks, 253
sequestrations, 34, 46, 52, 60, 70, 127, 132, 158, 161, 253, 259–60, 263
rural communities, 10–11, 116–17, 119, 124, 182, 195, 200–1, 206, 212–13
Rutland, 42, 48, 50, 221, 252–3
observance, 9, 20, 38, 128, 137, 143–9, 169, 175, 180–3, 185–6, 211, 232, 271
drinking, 9, 141, 143–5, 147, 253
hunting and sports, 148, 250, 268
sacraments, the. See communion
Salisbury, Wiltshire, 51–2, 81, 91, 96, 107, 195, 200, 203, 206, 211–14
Sancroft, William, Archbishop, 80
Satan, 141, 146, 150, 165, 227
schoolmasters, 156, 167, 233, 265, 267
schools, 62, 118, 122, 133, 159, 253, 265
Eton College, 119
scolding, 152, 165, 184, 186–7
Scotland, 9, 115, 127, 145, 171–93, 218
scriptures. See Bible, the
Seaman, Lazarus, 80
sectarianism, 14, 38, 129, 164, 210, 220, 230–1
sedition, 154, 219–20, 234, 271
separatism, 10–11, 246, 261, 263
sermons, 8, 13, 32, 53, 123, 131, 144, 147–8, 151, 162, 219–20, 224, 228–9, 232, 234, 238–40, 251, 271, 274
Paul’s Cross, 228
royalist, 228
servants, 5, 148, 156, 158, 178, 253, 258, 267
settlement patterns, 88
sextons, 5
sexual offences, 9, 141, 143, 149, 155, 167, 171, 173, 175, 179, 184–5, 189–90, 220, 263, 268
adultery, 141, 143, 148, 155–6, 172, 176, 181, 183, 191, 266
fornication, 175–6, 178, 180–1, 183, 190
shame, 173, 176, 185, 190, 192, 235
simony, 260
sixteenth century, the, 24, 42–5, 165, 171–5, 182, 192, 197
Skinner, Robert, Bishop of Oxford, 1, 4, 80
slander, 178
Clinton, 255
soldiers, 2, 102, 141, 146, 151, 157, 159, 179, 186, 190, 192, 205, 211, 224, 235, 245, 252, 263, 269–270
parliamentarian, 158, 235, 265, 267
royalist, 160
Somerset, 43, 48, 88, 96, 131, 140, 145, 146–9, 151–4, 157–8, 160, 162–4, 166–7, 195–9, 203, 205, 207, 214
Sparke, Archibald, 227
speech. See oral communication
Stanhope family, the, 264
Stanley, Edward, Dr, 163
Stanley, William, 127
Stapleton, William, 262
state papers, 141
statutes. See parliament, acts of
Staunton Harold chapel, Leicestershire, 34
stocks, the. See punishment, corporal
Stones, Andrew and Thomas, 45
suffering, 141, 218, 228–30, 233, 241, 269
Suffolk, 21, 34, 42, 48, 188, 199
Earl of, 97
surplice. See vestments, clerical
Surrey, 45, 48, 119–20, 131, 133, 199
Sussex, 2, 22–4, 26, 33–4, 49, 82, 94, 111–26, 127–34, 140, 146–8, 162, 166, 197
swearing, 9, 143, 149–55, 156, 162, 166, 169, 177, 185, 187, 250, 253–4, 266
taxation, 31, 254, 259, 264, 267
Taylor, John, the water poet, 213
Teonge, George, 251–2, 267–8, 271
theatres, 60
theft, 148, 165, 172, 181, 186, 234
on the Sabbath, 148
Throckmorton family, the, 267
tithes, 4–6, 29, 35, 41, 43, 46, 55, 57, 95–6, 98–101, 109, 123–4, 139, 151, 156, 158, 212, 232, 234, 239, 258–61, 263, 266
tolerance, religious, 210
topography, 43, 50, 57, 87–111
Triers, the, 1, 4, 15, 28, 30, 36, 67–9, 71–2, 75–82, 129–30, 198, 258, 263
Trustees for the Maintenance of Ministers, the, 30, 36, 47, 50, 60, 61–5
Underhill family, the, 265
University of Cambridge, 34, 80, 119–20, 129, 265
University of Dublin, 119
University of Leiden, 119
University of Oxford, 34, 106, 119–20, 123–4, 127, 129, 235, 239, 261
urban communities, 9, 43–4, 57, 175, 182, 195, 200, 212–13
Ussher, James, Archbishop of Armagh, 73
Valor Ecclesiasticus, the, 87, 92, 94, 98–9
Vaughan, Henry, 224–5, 232, 239
verbal abuse, 171, 175, 181–2, 184–7
vestments, clerical. See clergy, vestments
violence (including by or towards clergy and in church), 128, 131, 143–5, 153, 157–9, 161, 164, 181, 184, 186–7, 217, 252, 262, 265, 267, 270
to women. See women, violence to
visitations, ecclesiastical, 2, 26, 37, 91, 93, 107, 258, 271
voluntary associations, 15, 28, 37
voluntary contributions, 56, 62
Vox Norwici, 138
Wales, 3, 19, 50, 68–9, 71–2, 140, 142, 145, 147, 154, 217–41
Propagation of the Gospel in, 3, 231, 238
Walker, John, 2, 21, 111–12, 117–19, 130, 165
Sufferings of the Clergy, 29
Wambrook, Dorset, 96, 103, 108
war crimes, 263
Wareham, Dorset, 56
Watkyns, Rowland, 226, 232, 239
weather, 10, 43, 57–8, 90, 92, 148, 158, 226, 228, 233
Wells, Somerset, 10, 195, 199–200, 203, 208, 212–14
Westminster Assembly, the, 28, 30, 124, 130
whipping. See punishment, corporal
Whitby, Daniel, 251–2, 255, 267, 271
Whitchurch, Shropshire, 67, 75, 253
White, John, rector of Rollestone, Wiltshire, 212
White, John, vicar of Yetminster, Dorset, 91
Wilshaw, John, 132
Wiltshire, 24–5, 41, 49, 51, 53–5, 58–9, 61–3, 78, 88, 195, 197, 198–203, 206–9, 211–14, 245
winter, 58, 90–2, 94, 148, 153
women, 6, 33, 116, 124, 139, 144–9, 151, 153–7, 159, 162–3, 173, 182, 184, 186–92, 205, 211–12, 258, 261, 263–4, 266–7, 271
violence to, 154, 235, 251, 258
Wood, Jacob, 224
Wood, Seth, 81
Worcester, Marquis of, 68
Worcestershire, 11, 14–15, 21, 37, 49, 76, 164, 199
working on the Sabbath. See Sabbath, the
Worsley, Ralph, Major-General, 52
Zouch, William, 95